CVE-2012-5656

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The rasterization process in Inkscape before 0.48.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files via an external entity in a SVG file, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

Published: 2013-01-18 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5656 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.10%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5656

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5656

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-13 0.16% 0.10% -0.06%
2 2025-03-30 0.43% 0.16% -0.27%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.43% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5656

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5656

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5656

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-5656 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (inkscape), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5656
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5656
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5656 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (inkscape), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5656

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5656

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
inkscape inkscape < 0.48.4 cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 16 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 17 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 18 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 11.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5656

URL Tags
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931 Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3 Exploit Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4 Product
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